Over 500 people joined the
protest, which started outside the Palace Theatre and marched through the
centre of Brighton to the seafront.
John Cooper QC a leading
barrister and former President of the League Against Cruel Sports, opened the
march by slamming the government for pushing ahead with the extension of a
badger cull policy in the face of huge public, scientific and political
opposition and with no real evidence to prove that badgers can pass TB to
cattle.
John was followed by Sarah
Geller a wildlife campaigner who made a moving passionate speech about her
experiences baring witness to the cruel badger culls in Somerset and
Gloucestershire over the past 3 years and the need for more people to protest
in the fields, in view of the threat of the culls being extended to wider parts
of England in 2016.
Mark Jones Programmes
Manager Wildlife Policy, Born Free Foundation addressed the march when it
reached Brighton seafront. He focused on the
lack of scientific justification for the badger cull policy and the need to
focus on cattle based measures, rather than badger culling to lower bovine TB
in cattle. He also talked of his concern and disappointment that many in the
veterinary industry continued to support a culling policy which results in many
badgers taking 5 to 10 minutes to suffer long painful deaths, as a result of
the continued use of a cruel ineffective free shooting method.
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